“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
RiffTrax was right: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was pretty bad. If you were a fan of the comic book or TV show of the ’80s or early ’90s, Michael Bay ruined another fond childhood memory. The storyline was drastically changed. Also, I don’t remember April O’Neil being sexually harassed by one of the turtles. Screen Junkies’ “Honest Trailer” pretty much nailed it. –Korene Gallegos

“Star Wars” fans — and pretty much anyone going to the AMC Westminster 24 this weekend — will get a sneak peek at next year’s “Episode VII” when the teaser trailer debuts on Nov. 28, StarWars.com just confirmed.

The 88-second teaser will apparently play before all movies at 30 theaters across the country this weekend before expanding to theaters around the world in December, according to StarWars.com.

The trailer comes amid near-constant speculation about every aspect of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the J.J. Abrams-directed continuation of the series that its expected to hit theaters on Dec. 18, 2015.

Check out the full list of locations showing the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer this weekend.

Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura in the original “Star Trek” TV series. (Provided by StarFest Denver)

“Star Trek’s” Nichelle Nichols and “The Bionic Woman’s” Lindsay Wagner will attend Denver Comic Con 2015 over Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, with a launch night on Friday, May 22.

More than 80,000 people attended this year’s DCC which ran from June 13-15. For now, it’s unknown whether the move to Memorial Day weekend will net con-goers another day — or half day — as the launch night is a preview of the con that may or may not be open to the general public.

Julia from “Cowboy Bebop,” Lady Jaguara from “Wolf’s Rain,” Major Motoko Kusanagi from “Ghost in the Shell”: all were brought to life by voice actress, director and singer Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, whose work in anime, gaming and music has contributed more than its share of memorable moments.

McGlynn was on hand as a panelist at Nan Desu Kan 2014 — Denver’s anime convention in its 18th year — earlier this month.

Between her busy weekend schedule, signing autographs and interacting with a crowd of roughly 21,000 people in three days, McGlynn spoke to Shiny Objects about how she got into voice acting, her role as Motoko Kusanagi in “Ghost in the Shell” and future projects.

A graduate of Southern Methodist University with a master’s degree in acting, McGlynn headed to Los Angeles with the goal of being on “Star Trek.” She injured her knee while on set in New Zealand when a horse fell on top of her. While recovering, McGlynn took up voice acting and never looked back.

“I was sort of incapacitated for a while and that was it, once I started doing voice-over acting, I loved it,” she said.

One lucky Mile High City “Star Wars” fan is headed to London for a small role in “Star Wars: Episode VII” as part of the Force for Change charity contest.

Denver’s own D.C. Barns, who first saw “Star Wars” in 1977 at Cinema 70 in Colorado Springs, won a London trip for himself and a guest that includes a behind-the-scenes visit to the latest “Star Wars” film where he’ll be fitted for a costume and filmed for a scene in “Episode VII.”

The Force for Change campaign promised a chance to win the cameo and set tour in exchange for donations, which have amounted to $4.3 million for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Contributions were received from fundraising platform Omaze from people in 125 countries. Enough money was raised to support the equivalent of seven to eight new UNICEF Innovation Labs, which aid children and families, according to a press release.

It’s been an exciting year for screenwriter and director Thunder Levin. After being catapulted in the spotlight with the success of 2013’s “Sharknado,” which he wrote, he’s been hard at work penning the sequel — “Sharknado 2: The Second One” — along with working on several other projects for TV and the silver screen.

I interviewed Levin last year after the Internet lost its collective hive mind over “Sharknado,” so I was eager to see what had changed for him over the last year. After all, this is the man who also wrote the classic Mutant Vampire Zombies from the ‘Hood (which, imho, should be required viewing for everyone.) We set out to discuss the “Sharknado” sequel and writing and persistence … which of course meant we talked about Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and the possibility of a tursharken. Yes, a tursharken. Read on.

Right after the first movie came out, you said you had some different ideas of what do to for the sequel. What can you tell me about this one, and what inspired you to do anything different from the first one?